The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 87 Meeting Gift

Teng Yuzhao took the five bottles of liquor one by one and looked at them. Although these liquors were all bottled, they did not have lids. Instead, they were all stuffed with wooden corks wrapped in red cloth. Moreover, the bottles were all made of coarse porcelain. Their styles were simple but their appearance was not novel enough. Without exception,

The names of these wine bottles are burned on them, and the origins are on the bottom of the bottles.

Among the five bottles of wine, in addition to Fenjiu, there are Jiannan Shaochun, Sichuan Yongning Dao Laojiao, Du Kang and miscellaneous grain wine. Jiannan Shaochun is the later Jiannanchun, and Sichuan Yongning Dao Laojiao is the later Luzhou Laojiao. As for Du Kang, there is nothing much to say. It has been famous in the court and the country for a long time. In Cao Cao's "Short Song", there is "How to relieve worries, only Du Kang. This is a famous sentence through the ages."

Teng Yuzhao only glanced at the bottles of wine, including Fenjiu, and put them aside. As for the bottles of Yongning Dao Laojiao from southern Sichuan, Teng Yuzhao only looked at them a few more times. He only held the bottle of multi-grain wine and refused to put it down for a long time, as if he had found a treasure.

Seeing Teng Yuzhao holding the bottle of multi-grain wine and looking through it non-stop, reluctant to let it go, Liu Shijiu couldn't help but smile bitterly and said.

"Brother, you really know how to choose. You picked out the cheapest wine right away. Are you really planning to keep all the good wine for me?"

The reason why Teng Yuzao was looking through the bottle of mixed grain wine was because he was trying to confirm one thing, that is, the origin of the wine. Finally, he saw the words "Sanjiangkou, Xuzhou Prefecture" on the bottom of the bottle. Teng Yuzao's eyes lit up, and he raised the bottle of mixed grain wine and said.

"Let's drink this bottle."

Seeing that Liu Jiujiu just smiled bitterly, Teng Yuzao asked Liu Jiujiu hesitantly, "Brother, have you ever drunk this mixed grain wine?"

Liu Nineteen shook his head and said, "Brother, don't joke. Before I started the Qianzi group, I was a small business peddler. My monthly income was barely enough to feed my family. How could I have the spare money to buy bottled wine like this? Although this mixed grain wine is the cheapest among these wines, it costs three coins a bottle. How could I afford it? I usually drink the local Shaodaozi, which I can buy for a few copper coins."

"After we formed the Qian group, some wealthy families sent us some good wine, but no one ever sent us this mixed grain wine. I guess this wine is very ordinary. At least the wealthy families are unwilling to drink this mixed grain wine."

After hearing what Liu Shijiu said, Teng Yuzao was a little hesitant and couldn't help but open the cork of the wine bottle. Immediately, a rich aroma of wine wafted out.

Liu Nineteen sniffed his nose and said in surprise, "Brother, this multi-grain wine has a strong aroma, it should be good! It is not inferior to Jiannan Shaochun, Sichuan Yongning Dao Laojiao, Du Kang and other wines, and it is even better. Why haven't I heard of it before?"

Seeing that Teng Yuzao was about to pour wine for Liu Shijiu, Wu Peifu hurriedly stood up and took the mixed grain wine from Teng Yuzao's hand, "Sir, let me pour this wine for Chief Liu."

"Okay!" Teng Yuzhao nodded.

Fearing that Liu Shijiu would be unhappy, and at the same time officially announcing his teacher-student relationship with Wu Peifu, Teng Yuzao said to Liu Shijiu with a smile.

"Brother, this is my new student. His surname is Wu, his name is Peifu, and his courtesy name is Ziyu. I'll let him pour wine for you, what do you think?"

Liu Shijiu was not surprised by Teng Yuzao's words, but Li Xianze and Li Jinyu were both stunned.

Li Xiance had also heard of this person. He was the one that Teng Yuzhao specifically requested from Nie Shicheng's Wuwei Front Army last night. However, he did not expect that he would be accepted as a student by Teng Yuzhao less than a day after he arrived!
He thought to himself, "I wonder what virtue and ability this Wu Ziyu has. Could he be the nephew of a relative or old acquaintance of mine?" Liu Shijiu did understand one thing, that is, the student Teng Yuzhao was talking about was completely different from the students Teng Yuzhao had taught in the Beiyang Military Academy. The Wu Ziyu that Teng Yuzhao had accepted now was his direct disciple, and it was obvious that he would receive comprehensive and personal instruction from Teng Yuzhao, and his future was limitless.

Noticing the strangeness of Li Xianze and the others, Liu Nineteen couldn't help but perk up and said hurriedly, "Great, how can I refuse to have my brother's disciple pour wine for me?"

After Wu Peifu filled his glass with wine, Liu Shijiu pulled out a new blue-tiled pistol from somewhere like a magic trick, which made Teng Yuzhao's eyes light up.

What Liu Shijiu held in his hand was actually an M1900 pistol, which is known in China as the Gunpai Luzi, the world's first semi-automatic pistol. This new type of pistol should have been finalized and produced last year, but it has not yet been officially named. To be precise, the name of the pistol that Liu Shijiu took out should be M1899.

How come Liu Shijiu, the leader of the Boxer Rebellion, actually has one of the most advanced modern pistols of the day?
Teng Yuzhao estimated that the gun in Liu Shijiu's hand was most likely the first one in China. Although hundreds of thousands of copies of this pistol had been produced in China over the past few decades, people probably still didn't know that there was such a gun in the world. This model of Browning was the originator of the world's semi-automatic pistol and the terminator of the revolver.

Liu Shijiu reached out and took Wu Peifu's left hand, and put the Browning in his hand into Wu Peifu's hand. "You are my brother's disciple, and you are also my junior. I will give you this pistol as a gift."

Holding the heavy pistol that Liu Shijiu had given him and that he had never seen before, Wu Peifu was surprised and delighted. He was not surprised because of Liu Shijiu's gift, but because Teng Yuzhao publicly revealed their teacher-student relationship.

Teng Yuzao's mind was completely attracted by the pistol at this moment, and he couldn't help but said, "Zi Yu, let me see it."

Teng Yuzao took the pistol handed over by Wu Peifu and examined it carefully. Sure enough, he saw a pistol pattern and the capital letters FN on the handle.

Teng Yuzhao skillfully pulled out the magazine, which contained eight bullets, and the caliber was undoubtedly 7.65. Then he carefully pulled open the bolt guard and checked the inside of the magazine. Although this pistol had an eight-round magazine, it could push one bullet into the chamber first, and then fill the magazine with eight rounds, which actually meant loading nine rounds.

After confirming that there was no bullet in the chamber, Teng Yuzhao released the gun sheath, and the sheath reset itself with a slight "click".

"Good gun!" Teng Yuzhao couldn't help but admire.

Liu Shijiu was quite surprised to see that Teng Yuzhao was able to skillfully fiddle with the pistol that he had been trying to figure out for a long time after just one look, and that the upper part of the pistol could even slide.

However, Liu Shijiu naturally would not say this. As for Teng Yuzhao's admiration, he also knew that this pistol was very precious. It would be of sufficient value to give it as a gift to his ally's son.

Liu Shijiu not only felt relieved, he was even secretly proud of himself for giving such a prestigious gift.

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